Click on the thumbnail graphic for this week’s updated map from the US Drought Monitor.
From the Brush News-Tribune (Jenni Grubbs):
Most of the Colorado High Plains was classified as in an extreme drought as of Aug. 21, and that area had grown to cover all of eastern Colorado by Sept. 4, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Some parts of southeastern Colorado even showed exceptional drought throughout that same time period. And about 21 percent of Colorado’s corn crop was rated good or excellent as of Aug. 26, according to the CCGA. The current crop also is starting to be harvested a little sooner than usual, according to CCGA…
Across the U.S. from 2011 to 2012, corn producers saw the average corn yield fall an average of 23.8 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Some late-summer #snow in #Colorado! More pics: http://t.co/rwUqCYzF http://t.co/q8F0D4xq
— Bob Berwyn (@bberwyn) September 13, 2012